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London bans “weapons of war”
Glocktalk ^ | April 9,2019

Posted on 04/08/2018 3:33:43 PM PDT by Hojczyk

war might he be referring to?

Knives.

And, acid.

“An epidemic of stabbings and acid attacks in London has gotten so bad that London mayor Sadiq Khan is announcing broad new "knife control" policies designed to keep these weapons of war out of the hands of Londoners looking to cause others harm.”

The mayor further tweeted:

“No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law.”

“Never a reason to carry a knife...”

He’s probably right. If you dared to use one to defend yourself, you would be looking at charges.

The current laws are pretty strict:

https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives

A non locking 3” blade seems to be legal to carry. But, that’s about it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banglist; britain; england; londonistan
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To: Hojczyk

So the young, the strong , the fleet of foot, the taller... and those with the element of surprise - rule the streets.

If you have no criminal intent, are frail or sick or old or weak , well, have fun out there.


41 posted on 04/08/2018 3:57:18 PM PDT by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: blackdog

Get your prayer rug now.


42 posted on 04/08/2018 4:00:15 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: cranked

Judge Scalia succumbed to a wet pillow.


43 posted on 04/08/2018 4:01:28 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: heterosupremacist

“Scary looking knives” must be banned! I go to London as often as I can afford and feel safe, but the change from when I used to go in the 1980’s is tremendous.


44 posted on 04/08/2018 4:01:28 PM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: Flycatcher

Careful, I have a corkscrew and I know how to use it!


45 posted on 04/08/2018 4:01:43 PM PDT by loucon
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To: Hojczyk

When I traveled regularly on business, I never got on a plane unless I had at least two items that would serve as improvised weapons, if needed.

I wouldn’t have any reasonable expectations of surviving any need to use them, but I didn’t plan to go down easy.


46 posted on 04/08/2018 4:01:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Reno89519; Flycatcher

“Plastic only.”

NO! NO!

Not my beloved titanium spork?

They will never get me.
I WILL NOT GO BACK TO PLASTIC SPORKS THAT BREAK IN WARM YOGURT! Never.

Only from my cold gnarled hands...


47 posted on 04/08/2018 4:03:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: PAR35

I see you take James Mattis’ advice:

‘Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.’


48 posted on 04/08/2018 4:03:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Paladin2
The Silencer
49 posted on 04/08/2018 4:04:18 PM PDT by thulldud ("What makes it news is its dissemination, not its concrete reality." -- Ellul)
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To: Hojczyk

...but since they have a significant
overgrowth of sugarcane...machetes will be allowed..


50 posted on 04/08/2018 4:05:47 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Paladin2

Way off topic,but I feel Lord Baden Powell has worn out the inside of his casket from all the spinning over the PC destruction of his scouting legacy.


51 posted on 04/08/2018 4:07:20 PM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Lazamataz

"...NO NEED FOR ANY CITIZEN TO OWN ANY FORM OF METAL..."



52 posted on 04/08/2018 4:07:44 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Hojczyk

I just bet that claymores are banned in Scotland now.

I used to have a Sykes-Fairbairn knife. It may have even been real. It did have the broad arrow stamp tho I guess anyone could put that on one. I bet those are now triple banned.


53 posted on 04/08/2018 4:07:57 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Hojczyk
... there is never a reason to carry a knife...

That is right. Always open your packages like a cave man.

54 posted on 04/08/2018 4:07:58 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Hojczyk

Related:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29179/londons-mayor-declares-intense-new-knife-control-emily-zanotti


55 posted on 04/08/2018 4:10:40 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Hojczyk

How are they going to cut goat heads and perform genital mutilations?

Effing hypocrite.


56 posted on 04/08/2018 4:13:33 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Hojczyk
No reason to carry a knife? I've carried a knife of one form or another virtually every day for the last 40+ years. I typically use my knife for one thing or another nearly daily. Certainly several times a week.

All this "no reason for ..." and "no need for ..." etc. etc. Sounds exactly like the BS being spewed by the anti-gun disarmament idiots here.

57 posted on 04/08/2018 4:14:12 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Doing my part to help make America great again!)
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To: Hojczyk

Does that include all Muslims ?


58 posted on 04/08/2018 4:21:01 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: blackdog
“Well there we have it! A problems solved peaceful utopian wonderland......”

But I did not see where he outlawed acid. We need acid control now.

59 posted on 04/08/2018 4:21:44 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: Hojczyk

Are dogs still considered weapons of war?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare


60 posted on 04/08/2018 4:22:10 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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